Build Photos: Agricultural Tractor D8500

The modeling bench is cleaned and I'm excited to start this new project. 

All the parts and pieces. Nice high quality tooling, a few decals, and PE parts. 

Progress on the engine block. Painted with Vallejo Model Color. Flat Blue and Basalt Gray (1:2). The brass part is primed in white, painted in gold acrylic, and finished with a black acrylic pin wash.  

PE part is superglued onto plastic and painted gray blue along with everything else. Then it dries and I lightly sand away the paint from the lettering and border to reveal the brass underneath. 

Floor panel painted black, "rusted" with a light dry sponging of a mix of red and brown, and then finished with a subtle pin wash of dirt (a mix of red, brown, orange, and yellow) 

Further progress and some gentle weathering. This is a tractor, not a showpiece! 

Tractor walls added. Ooh they fit so perfectly! 

Smoke stack rusted and weathered 

Wheel parts painted and drying
 

Build complete! 

Build complete! 

Build complete! 

Build complete! 

Build complete! 

Build complete!